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EP0402765A2
EP0402765A2 EP90110778A EP90110778A EP0402765A2 EP 0402765 A2 EP0402765 A2 EP 0402765A2 EP 90110778 A EP90110778 A EP 90110778A EP 90110778 A EP90110778 A EP 90110778A EP 0402765 A2 EP0402765 A2 EP 0402765A2
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Carlo Todeschini
Gabriella Togni
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
    • A61H33/06—Artificial hot-air or cold-air baths; Steam or gas baths or douches, e.g. sauna or Finnish baths
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
    • A61H33/06—Artificial hot-air or cold-air baths; Steam or gas baths or douches, e.g. sauna or Finnish baths
    • A61H2033/061—Artificial hot-air baths
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
    • A61H33/14—Devices for gas baths with ozone, hydrogen, or the like
    • A61H2033/141—Devices for gas baths with ozone, hydrogen, or the like with ionised gas, e.g. ozone
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H35/00—Baths for specific parts of the body
    • A61H2035/004—Baths for specific parts of the body for the whole body except the head
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H2201/00—Characteristics of apparatus not provided for in the preceding codes
    • A61H2201/12—Driving means
    • A61H2201/1253—Driving means driven by a human being, e.g. hand driven
    • A61H2201/1261—Driving means driven by a human being, e.g. hand driven combined with active exercising of the patient
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
    • A61H33/14—Devices for gas baths with ozone, hydrogen, or the like

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  • This invention relates to an apparatus for practicing gymnastics under a controlled atmosphere, being of a type which comprises a base, a hood associated with the base, having an opening of a selected size, and defining an enclosure in cooperation with the base, a gymnastic implement placed within said enclosure, and a delivery means of delivering a heated air flow into said enclosure.
  • the problem that underlies this invention is to provide an apparatus as above which has such construction and performance characteristics as to provide improved slimming effect especially as regards reduction of cellulitis.
  • an apparatus as indicated being characterized in that said delivery means comprises an ozonizer device active on the heated air flow entering said enclosure.
  • the apparatus further comprises a device for introducing steam into said enclosure.
  • FIG. 1 is an apparatus according to the invention for practicing gymnastics under a controlled atmosphere.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises a base 2 with a substantially parallelepipedic shape and provided with a headrest 3.
  • the base 2 is provided upwardly with a mat 4 resting on a plastics grille 5 mounted in the base 2 on a deck 6 made of a suitable plastics such as Formica. Said deck 6 beneath the grille 5 is formed with a plurality of through-going holes 7 which open into two condensation water collecting pans, both indicated at 8 and arranged in the base 2.
  • each major side of the mat 4 Formed in the deck 6 along each major side of the mat 4 are two conduits, respectively an inward one 10 and outward one 11, lying adjacent but separate from each other.
  • the two inward conduits 10, lying next to the mat 4 are provided with a plurality of steam delivery nozzles, as explained hereinafter, and in communication with a header 13 mounted in the base 2 at the location of a minor side thereof remote from the headrest 3.
  • the two outward conduits 11 are provided upwardly with a plurality of openings 14 lined up in each conduit at pitch distances apart; the outward conduits 11 are also connected to a respective header 15 provided in the vicinity of the header 13.
  • a rigid semi-transparent hood 16 substantially semi-cylindrical in shape, which defines, in cooperation with the base 2, an enclosure 17 adapted to accommodate the body of the apparatus 1 user, lying down on the mat 4.
  • the hood 16 is formed with an opening 18 so sized as to allow the user's body to pass therethrough.
  • the hood 16 is formed from a plastics material, preferably a polycarbonate-based one, in the form of a void sheet wherein a plurality of parallel, adjacent and separate channels 19 are defined which extend circumferentially of the hood and are open at their opposite ends.
  • Each channel 19 is formed, moreover, with a window 20 opening into the enclosure 17; in particular, in the odd-numbered channels 19, the windows 20 are located close to the outward conduit 11b, and conversely, the windows of the even-numbered channels 19 locate close to the outward conduit 11a.
  • the gymnastic implement 21 Indicated at 21 is a gymnastic implement housed in said enclosure 17; in the example under consideration, the gymnastic implement 21 consists of a pair of handgrips 22 connected to the base 2 by respective elastic means 23.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises a delivery means, generally shown at 24, for delivering an air flow into the enclosure 17.
  • the means 24 comprises, housed within a parallelepipedic structure 25 separated from the base 2, a fan 26, in this embodiment a 20-watt, 30-cubic meter per minute fan, the delivery end whereof is connected to the header 15, and electric heater means comprising electric resistance heaters 33.
  • electric heater means comprising electric resistance heaters 33.
  • two 1200-watt resistance heaters are provided.
  • an ozonizer device 27 mounted at the location of the fan 26 and being active on the heated air flow entering the enclosure 17.
  • the ozonizer device 27 comprises twelve ozonizing lamps with an ozone capacity of 20 mg/hour.
  • a conventional oxygen concentrator device is active, as shown at 34.
  • it is sized to deliver 4 liters per minute of oxygen-enriched air.
  • Indicated at 28 is a humidifier device housed in the structure 25 and connected to the header 13 for introducing steam into the enclosure 17 through the nozzles 12.
  • the structure 25 also includes a suction fan 29 having a duct 30 connected to an inlet fitting 31 formed on the hood 16 for drawing out air from the enclosure at the end of a treatment cycle and exhausting it through an outlet fitting 35.
  • control panel 32 including gauges, switches, and the like means of measurement and control, among which a thermostat and a timer connected to the means 24 of delivering the ozonized heated air flow for the purpose of controlling and adjusting to selected values the air temperature, operation of the ozonizer device and proportion of ozone in the air, as well as the moisture level of the air within the enclosure 17 and the treatment cycle duration.
  • the treatment begins with operation of the fan 26 and the ozonizer device 27 to admit a flow of ozonized heated air into the header 15, and thence through the outward conduits 11a, 11b and the channels 19 of the hood 16. This air flow reaches then the interior of the enclosure 17 via the windows 20.
  • the humidifier device 28 is operated to generate a flow of steam flowing through the header 13, the inward conduits 10, and the nozzles 12 into the enclosure 17.
  • a controlled atmosphere of humid air is created within the enclosure 17 which has a predetermined proportion of ozone, preferably of approximately 0.2 mg/m3 and is at a desired temperature (37°C to 40°C) for the set treatment time.
  • the values of temperature, proportion of ozone, and air humidity within the enclosure are read from the gauges on the control panel 32, thereby enabling assisting personnel to act as more appropriate to keep said values constant or changing them, if required.
  • the ozone will also esert on the user a disinfecting, anti-fungus, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and curative effect of various troubles affecting the blood vessels.
  • the controlled atmosphere as described will purify and invigorate the user's skin.
  • the fan 26, ozonizer device 27, and humidifier device 28 are turned off and the suction fan 29 is turned on to exhaust the ozonized warm air and steam from the enclosure 17, before the user gets out through the opening 18 in the hood 16.
  • a major advantage of the inventive apparatus is that it has afforded an enahnced slimming effect with special regard to reducing cellulitis.
  • a further advantage of the apparatus of this invention is that it enables the muscle heating time to be shortened, being therefore conducive to savings of energy by the user during a stage of low effectiveness as concerns reduction of cellulitis, and consequently to an ability to spend it more effectively during the stage when the muscles have been heated.
  • the added advantage is also afforded of having a treatment of shorter duration, and accordingly, of a more profitable utlization of the apparatus.
  • a further advantage is obtained by the user inasmuch as his/her skin is purified and invigorated during the treatment. In addition, he/she is made the subject of a disinfecting action.
  • Another advantage of the invention is that it provides for accurate control of the conditions of the atmosphere within the throughout the treatment.

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IT8920857A IT1230268B (it) 1989-06-13 1989-06-13 Apparecchiatura per l'esecuzione di esercizi ginnici in un'atmosfera controllata.
IT2085789 1989-06-13

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IT8920857A0 (it) 1989-06-13
EP0402765A3 (de) 1991-03-20

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